Craig Oates

Recruitment and Talent Acquisition professional with 10+ years' experience delivering hiring solutions across MSP, RPO and in-house environments throughout the UK and EMEA.I have built a career partnering with stakeholders to attract, engage and secure talent across a wide range of sectors and functions, managing end-to-end recruitment processes from workforce planning through to onboarding. My experience spans high-volume recruitment, specialist hiring, direct sourcing, talent pipelining and recruitment project delivery.Known for building strong stakeholder relationships, improving recruitment processes and delivering an excellent candidate experience, I take a consultative and commercially focused approach to talent acquisition.Key strengths include:• Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Partnering• MSP & RPO Recruitment Delivery• Stakeholder Management• Direct Sourcing & Talent Mapping• Workforce Planning• End-to-End Recruitment• UK & EMEA Hiring• Recruitment Process Improvement• Candidate Experience• Recruitment Reporting & MICurrently open to opportunities across Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Partner, Senior TA Partner, Embedded Recruitment and RPO environments throughout the West Midlands, Birmingham, Hybrid and Remote UK markets.